tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post2932902379062260563..comments2024-03-10T01:57:38.017-08:00Comments on NorCal Cazadora: I went out for the rabbit opener and all I got was four ticks and a pit bull headHolly Heyserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-15858442839961359112010-07-06T08:16:55.428-07:002010-07-06T08:16:55.428-07:00I suppose it was a good day afield if you come bac...I suppose it was a good day afield if you come back with <i>something</i>.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-32280406765201766472010-07-06T07:32:34.510-07:002010-07-06T07:32:34.510-07:00I spray permethrin on my outer clothing. It appear...I spray permethrin on my outer clothing. It appears to last through more than one washing. Haven't had as much trouble with the little sucking bastards since I started doing that.<br /><br />At least you got out and saw wabbits. Good to see they are still giving you lessons and some grist for interesting stories.<br /><br />JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-62536254772499720512010-07-05T17:54:06.460-07:002010-07-05T17:54:06.460-07:00I'm so used to hunting cottontails in the wint...I'm so used to hunting cottontails in the winter, that reading about hunting them in the summer is very interesting. <br /><br />Our season opens in September, but we usually wait to hunt them until January - in the early season they are full of fleas.<br /><br />It was definitely an interesting hunt, though.. Although, I'm sure you would have preferred to not find any ticks on you.<br SimplyOutdoorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074585345161430068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-86321598984520493782010-07-04T10:41:17.918-07:002010-07-04T10:41:17.918-07:00LOL, that's probably the of the garlic myth - ...LOL, that's probably the of the garlic myth - an excuse to eat more. Works for me!Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-65767142567818190932010-07-04T08:43:24.429-07:002010-07-04T08:43:24.429-07:00Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook - Ah, the perilous ...Hunter, Angler, Gardener, Cook - Ah, the perilous adventures of the outdoor writer.<br /><br />Cazadora, garlic? That's cool, I'm going to try it, or at least use it as an additional excuse for eating lots of garlic.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-26991809842140258662010-07-03T15:13:46.878-07:002010-07-03T15:13:46.878-07:00Ain't that tha truth!Ain't that tha truth!Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-85084648394047610182010-07-03T14:24:42.754-07:002010-07-03T14:24:42.754-07:00Girl duck season can't get get fast enough now...Girl duck season can't get get fast enough now your counting ticks and dead dog heads.<br /> CharlieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-23908163777748369112010-07-03T08:19:22.103-07:002010-07-03T08:19:22.103-07:00Uh, yeah, sorry about that one, Babe!Uh, yeah, sorry about that one, Babe!Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-84504566624190628122010-07-03T07:56:30.668-07:002010-07-03T07:56:30.668-07:00Sigh, no bunnies and, well, you miscounted ticks, ...Sigh, no bunnies and, well, you miscounted ticks, babe: The next day I was writing and found one CRAWLING UP MY GODDAMN LEG!!! Skeeved me out big time. <br /><br />We'll get 'em next time, though. And we'll spray lots of DEET on our legs.Hunter Angler Gardener Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996285578001308125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-30120988169891525002010-07-03T02:50:30.237-07:002010-07-03T02:50:30.237-07:00Having had access to the same public hunting areas...Having had access to the same public hunting areas you have, the most consistant results I ever got was down at Volta WMA.<br /><br />I know it's quite a drive for you (it was for me too), but the place is just loaded with them! All those now drained marshlands and their levees.<br /><br />We'd actually find them not so much in the now dried up ponds with their baked dry bottoms, but on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-2346083071720943792010-07-02T12:39:44.131-07:002010-07-02T12:39:44.131-07:00Tovar: Definitely one of my more interesting hauls...Tovar: Definitely one of my more interesting hauls.<br /><br />Henhouse: Fortunately, only one had attached, and I'm watching the spot carefully for signs of Lyme disease. Obviously I need to eat more garlic - last time I went rabbit hunting after having had some strong garlic the night before, none of the ticks that found me actually attached.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-26683394815788092742010-07-02T12:37:21.520-07:002010-07-02T12:37:21.520-07:00I cut my hunting teeth on rabbits (no pun intended...I cut my hunting teeth on rabbits (no pun intended) and even after graduating to big game and upland game they are still my favorite thing to hunt. :) They certainly aren't as easy to get as it would seem. <br /><br />I hate ticks. I've had them three or four times...I've become a master of removing them.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077677066902349111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-15981748830281731082010-07-02T11:32:07.296-07:002010-07-02T11:32:07.296-07:00Yikes. Quite the haul: ticks and a dead dog. Sound...Yikes. Quite the haul: ticks and a dead dog. Sounds like the Land of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog. Better luck next time!Tovar@AMindfulCarnivorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02786679920725797712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-91423027119238088752010-07-02T11:32:01.874-07:002010-07-02T11:32:01.874-07:00David Demola: It's not deer season. and if it ...David Demola: It's not deer season. and if it were, the deer wouldn't have been legal game because it was a doe. And if none of the above was a problem, then there'd be the fact that the size of shot you use for rabbits wouldn't do much to a deer, unless I got VERY lucky.<br /><br />David Blackburn: Thanks for the tip! That's farther from home, but the swarms sound good.<br />Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-44925401646493173852010-07-02T11:29:17.698-07:002010-07-02T11:29:17.698-07:00and sportyday is right, at least about the spot. t...and sportyday is right, at least about the spot. they run thickest in the evening there. scary thick. creepy thick. shoot your way out and hope to survive thick. at least they did 2 years ago. I haven't gone back, can't find anyone brave enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-79693678238795472172010-07-02T11:18:32.137-07:002010-07-02T11:18:32.137-07:00So, being completely uneducated on the subject, I&...So, being completely uneducated on the subject, I'm going to ask a stupid question: Why couldn't you take down the young-of-the-year deer?David Demolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05268339311270103700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-35033119249372511102010-07-02T11:15:17.746-07:002010-07-02T11:15:17.746-07:00ignore the is.gd link! google maps this 39.087003,...ignore the is.gd link! google maps this 39.087003,-122.519188Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-51112454710401218582010-07-02T11:07:15.483-07:002010-07-02T11:07:15.483-07:00Following up on David's point: My personal exp...Following up on David's point: My personal experience has been that the hunting window for cottontails -- the period when they're out and about and active during legal shooting time -- is greater in the evenings than the mornings. I've always had more luck in the evenings than the mornings, anyway...sportingdayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01871216533973980940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-5233062308743958492010-07-02T10:59:38.256-07:002010-07-02T10:59:38.256-07:00Try going here http://is.gd/dcWg0 Half an hour aft...Try going here http://is.gd/dcWg0 Half an hour after sunup and half an hour before sundown.<br /><br />It's kind of like the movie birds, only involving jacks and cottons.<br /><br />Not quite this bad...<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3HgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478505267875308908.post-73024950566739869802010-07-02T10:58:42.359-07:002010-07-02T10:58:42.359-07:00Good for you at least getting out on the opener of...Good for you at least getting out on the opener of rabbit season. I would have expected you to see a few more bunnies with the wet winter/spring we had in NorCal.<br /><br />I'm planning to get out there myself this weekend at Grizzly Island, again hoping for a bumper bunny crop.sportingdayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01871216533973980940noreply@blogger.com